Spassk, Penza Oblast
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Spassk (Russian: Спасск), is a town in Penza Oblast in Russia, and the administrative centre of the Bednodemyanovsk raion. As of 2005 the population is 7,300 people (est.).
[edit] History
In 1648, an uncultivated field was discovered in Shatsk Uezd and was given to a nearby monastery named after the Saviour (Spas in Russian). In 1663 a village was established there, called Bogdanovo. In 1779, the town is renamed Spassk and made the centre of an uezd by a decree of Catherine the Great. However, soon it became apparent that confusion would result since several other towns in Russia shared the name (notably Spassk-Ryazansky) and the town was officially renamed to Spassk-on-Studenets.
In 1925 a party conference in the uezd resolved that the town be renamed Bednodemyanovsk in honour of the poet Demyan Bedny. Bedny himself never visited the town, but was said to maintain a lively correspondence with its inhabitants. In 2005, by Vladimir Putin's presidential decree, the town was renamed back to Spassk.
[edit] References
- http://www.spassk.ru/ (Russian)
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